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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Cari Amici (Dear Friends),Some days these days I do not often know which is one day and which moment belongs to the next. I have been pushing myself to get a lot accomplished during my last term at the Angel Academy of Art here in Florence, Italy. I am currently on my last still life project: the texture project. Parameters consist of a bas relief background and perishables (in my case fruit). The central object of interest is a vase that I received from my dear friend Hélène Delmaire about five years ago.

Anyway, this image shows you my previous project: the red, white, and green one. How to paint a bright red, as well as a white object using colors much darker than pure white paint (because the highlight must have that). On the floor, you may see my textured background … a sample for stone on the exterior of a home. Thanks to Materi.ka ... materiali per la casa, Via Capo di Mondo, 21R, Firenze for the display sample. It was missing some rocks on the corner, so I made some out of clay and then painted them a similar color.

I had asked the Maestro of the school if I could have a studio space next to a wall so that I would be less tempted to be the party organizer and socialite that I am so tempted to do when around people and on comfortable ground. I must say, in addition to some privacy, the wall also gives me more storage space.

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"I am interested in the more personal moments of our lives – things we do not often share with other people, or at least, not knowingly so. I am also fascinated by the duality of our nature, especially the idea that two opposing concepts exist in a strange kind of balance. Our thoughts are expressed through our bodies. I use the elements of visual language to appeal to the senses of sight and touch while exploring these ideas, seeking the universal in the personal. I want art to be a sensual experience." - Kelly Borsheim

Since her first painting sale in October 1997 (an oil painting titled Hand Off Knee),
Kelly Borsheim's paintings, drawings, and bronze and stone sculpture are now in private
collections throughout the United States and Europe, and in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Kelly also worked as a street painter (pastels and chalks) in Florence, Italy for about four years. Her image-filled book "My Life as a Street Painter in Florence, Italy" is available on Amazon.com in many countries around the world, as well as directly from her studios.